Excerpt from Notae Latinae: An Account of Abbreviation in Latin, Mss; Of the Early Minuscule Period (C. 700-850) This book is entitled 'an account, ' not 'a history.' Its main Object is to provide statistics of the actual use of symbols in the early minuscule period, not theories of how or why this symbol is used here and that symbol there. Those who prefer it may galvanize a dull record of facts, such as: 'at for autem is found in English scriptoriums earlier than Irish, ' into a more animated statement such as: 'irish scribes learned the use of at for autem from their English neighbours.' Nec veto nec jubeo. But let them remember that even the genius of Traube could not keep him' (in his article on the abbreviation of 'autem') from some speculations which new material shews to be mistaken or improbable. His Summary History of Latin Abbreviation in 'nom. Pp. 252 - 266, must be corrected here and there with the help of the tedious statistics furnished in this volume. These statistics have usually been printed in small type. If a reader is bored by details and wishes merely to get a general idea of how the symbols were used, he should skip the small type passages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.